why are properties decoupled from classes

• From: Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com>
• Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:18:31 +0200
• To: semantic-web@w3.org
• Message-Id: <EC90D170-BAA6-4382-ACC2-8EF0C3589E9C@hashref.com>

In RDFS and friends properties do not "belong" to classes, whereas in  
OOP normally they do. For instance, if you've got an instance of  
foaf:Person you cannot assume there's any assertion about  
foaf:interest for him.

Which is the rationale behind that choice?

-- fxn

Received on Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:18:54 UTC